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Responsibility, a comedy about an ex-convict in need of some quick cash, won the audience vote at the inaugural Funny Features pitching session at theGlasgow Film Festival (Gff) this week.

The Glasgow-set feature follows a 25-year-old Sikh man whose desperate decisions have led to a stint in prison, and now is stuck working as a dishwasher at his family’s restaurant. Kaljeven Lally has written the script and plans to direct, with Isabella Bassett and Jena Hunter producing.

The pitching session, which took place on March 6, was the culmination of a comedy lab backed by the BFI Creative Challenge Fund,...

Responsibility, a comedy about an ex-convict in need of some quick cash, won the audience vote at the inaugural Funny Features pitching session at theGlasgow Film Festival (Gff) this week.

The Glasgow-set feature follows a 25-year-old Sikh man whose desperate decisions have led to a stint in prison, and now is stuck working as a dishwasher at his family’s restaurant. Kaljeven Lally has written the script and plans to direct, with Isabella Bassett and Jena Hunter producing.

The pitching session, which took place on March 6, was the culmination of a comedy lab backed by the BFI Creative Challenge Fund,...

The Glasgow Film Festival has chosen nine creative projects to take part in its new comedy lab. Called Funny Features, the program aims to help independent filmmakers launch new comedy films and TV shows.

The projects were picked from applications across the United Kingdom. They will get money and support over the next year to develop their ideas. Filmmakers will meet with industry experts. They will learn skills like pitching their work to studios.

One project is called “Committed.” Writer Philip Wright’s story follows a character struggling with mental health issues in a hospital. Another is “Mister Uterus” by Jason Barker. It explores what masculinity means through a transgender man’s unexpected pregnancy. A third selected project is “Hundreds and Thousands.” This comedy by Rhys Aaron Lewis and Adley Lewis is about an ice cream business that sparks rivalries.

Major companies are advising the lab. BBC Film, Channel 4,...

Glasgow Film Festival’s UK-wide comedy lab Funny Features has selected nine projects for its inaugural edition, running now until next year’s festival.

Projects include mental health comedy Committed, written by Philip Wright and produced by 2022 Screen Rising Star Scotland Reece Cargan. The project follows a one-man trainwreck as he rebels against his sectioning in a psychiatric hospital.

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Also selected is Mister Uterus, in which a trans man finds that pregnancy leads him to re-evaluate his ideas of what being a man is all about. Written by Jason Barker, it is...

UK production company Randan, Scottish slang for ’raucous partying’, is launching in Cannes with a slate of productions and backing from the UK Global Screen Fund.

It has been formed by Scotland-based producers Reece Cargan, founder of Bombito, and James Heath, managing director of commrcials outfit Mtp, where he will remain as exec producer for commercials work.

Three projects are in post-production: Rada Leonora’s In The Morning Light, about the life of surrealist artist Leonard Carrington. Mtp had been co-producing the film alongside Lena Vurma’s Dragonfly Films, Meli Melo Cultura & Piano (Mx), Digital Cube (Ro), and Skye Film; Polly Findlay’s Midwinter Break,...

Released in 1997, the Disney Channel Original Movie Under Wraps got a modern remake this past Halloween, and Under Wraps 2 is coming to the Disney Channel this year.

Under Wraps 2 premieres Sunday, September 25. Watch the trailer below.

Alex Zamm returned to direct Under Wraps 2, which introduces an evil mummy.

“Amy is preparing for her father’s Halloween-themed wedding to his fiancé Carl when Amy, Gilbert and Marshall discover that their mummy friend Harold and his beloved Rose may be in danger. Stobek, an evil mummy with a thousand-year-old grudge against his best friend-turned bitter rival Harold, is unexpectedly awakened and out for revenge.

“With help from his hypnotized lacky Larry, Sobek kidnaps Rose, and Amy, Gilbert, Marshall, Buzzy, and Harold must use their skills once again to save her and get back in time to attend the wedding.”

Malachi Barton, Christian J. Simon, Sophia Hammons, and Phil Wright are back,...

Disney Channel is getting spooky season started early with the premiere of its next original movie Under Wraps 2.

A sequel to 2021’s Under Wraps, which itself was a remake of the first-ever Disney Channel Original Movie from 1997, is set to premiere on Sunday, Sept. 25, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Set after the events of the first movie, Under Wraps 2 picks up as “Marshall,...

I’m surprised the studio gives up the game in its marketing materials; Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson’s Rogue Agent is built in such a way that allows the ruse to stand as truth until a midway-point revelation. It’s a case where not watching a trailer probably augmented my enjoyment of the piece—I genuinely didn’t know where things were going or who to believe. Was Robert Freegard (James Norton) really an MI5 agent who fell in love and thus must suffer the agency’s cruel vetting process of throwing dirt to see if his lover will remain loyal? Or was he a conman shrewdly covering his tracks to keep Alice Archer (Gemma Arterton) on her heels before stealing her money? It really could’ve gone either way.

Watch the trailer, though, and it’s a con from the start. Thus I wonder if the film’s...

Exclusive: Industry and Skins star Freya Mavor has joined the cast of UK thriller Freegard, which is filming in London.

As previously revealed, cast is led by James Norton (Little Women), Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man), Shazad Latif (Star Trek Discovery), Marisa Abela (Industry), Edwina Findley (The Wire), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Sarah Goldberg (Barry) and Jimmy Akingbola (In The Long Run).

Rounding out the cast are Rob Malone (Vikings), Philip Wright (Line Of Duty), Micheal Fenton Stevens (Benidorm) and Charlotte Avery (Doctors).

Based on true events, the movie will chart the story of career conman, Robert Freegard, played by Norton, with Gemma Arterton as the woman who brought him down.

Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn — who won an IFTA last night for their short film Rough — are directing from a script by Michael Bronner (The Mauritanian), Patterson and Lawn (The Salisbury Poisonings). Rabbit Track Pictures and The Development Partnership...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has been beaten into second place in a poll of famous hat wearers. The 83-year-old royal was beaten by French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in the annual Celebrity Hat Wearers survey, which was won by the monarch's granddaughter Zara Phillips last year. The British royal family was well represented in the vote, with Prince Edward's wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, winning third place. Philip Wright, of Luton milliners Walter Wright, said: "The Countess of Wessex opts for more feminine styles, including a particularly eye catching one with feather trim." Carla was praised for the stylish headgear she wore during a state visit to meet Queen Elizabeth last year. Philip explained: "Carla Bruni's neat, chic, pill box...